Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden will speak via videoconference to the attendees of South by Southwest Interactive Monday, and you can bet a much wider audience than just those here in Austin will be watching.

Another day of frantic searching has failed to uncover the fate of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, as ships and aircraft combed over parts of the Gulf of Thailand and South China Sea where the jetliner is suspected of crashing with 239 people aboard. And officials now say the plane may have diverted its path, perhaps in an attempt to turn back.